IMPACT issue
| 2019 Q3 | Publishers Ann Frame Hertzog and Steven Hertzog
Eight Years of Lawrence Business Magazine Covers
The September issue each year is our IMPACT issue. The mission of the magazine is to cover the people and businesses making a positive impact on our community. So with the IMPACT issue, we look at different areas of our community through the lens of how that specific area positively impacts our community. And through the story, hopefully, reveal something new to our readers or a different perspective in which to view our subjects and the significant impact they have on our community.
Our first IMPACT issue focused on Women of Impact in our community, some of the other areas we have covered in our Impact issues include: The Impact of Art; The Impact of Sports; and The Impact of Giving. As we start our ninth year of the magazine, our issue is on the Impact of Diversity.
Diversity has always been a part of the personality of Lawrence, Kansas. Our diversity functions as one of our most significant character strengths. It supports us in our ability to be a leading, thriving, dynamic city. As well as contributing to our cultural identity, our diversity is also what keeps Lawrence and Douglas County’s economy healthy and vibrant. Diversity helps attract others to not only visit Lawrence but to move their families, businesses, and lives here. They come here to join our diverse workforce, start new local businesses, help our economy to flourish, and expand the cultural identity of our community.
From our local economy to the global economy, diversity is critical to Lawrence’s ability to adapt to a fast-changing environment. It brings about a fresh and new outlook to perspectives, experiences, culture, gender, and age as well as new customers. We can learn from and embrace our differences and the value it adds to our community but always with the understanding that we are all part of the wonderful fabric that makes us want to call Lawrence our home.
In this issue, we look at several different individuals that add to the uniqueness of our community through their diverse cultural, racial, ethnic, and gender identities. These individuals were chosen as a sampling of the diversity we have in our community; they do not, by any means, represent the total range of culture, ethnicities or identities that are a part of Lawrence.
By learning a bit about how these individuals are positively impacting our community, we hope our readers will enjoy the beauty of our diversity, and how diversity is our strength and our future.
Sincerely,
Ann Frame Hertzog, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
Steven Hertzog, Chief Photographer/Publisher